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Join Us for the Third Annual Global Leadership Summit - March 23rd, 2018 in Boston

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Trained in both developmental psychology and education, Jackson is one of the nation’s leading experts on secondary school education reform and adolescent development. Find out how you can get involved with and utilize ASCD’s resources on Global Competencies for Educational Leaders.

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Inside Maine’s disastrous roll out of proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

Searsport had started transitioning to a standards-based diploma in 2002, after receiving a share of a $10-million school reform grant that Gates had made to the Sen. To build public support for the changes, the foundation also gave smaller grants to youth and immigrant advocacy groups in the districts.

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Join Us in Chicago for the Fourth Annual Global Leadership Summit - March 15, 2019

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Since 2002, Mortenson has led the organization through significant national expansion, reaching more than 655,000 middle and high school youth and 4,500 educators across 25 states and 5 countries, from offices based in Minneapolis, San Francisco, and New York. Department of Education.

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Students on the autism spectrum are often as smart as their peers — so why do so few go to college?

The Hechinger Report

The increase in the number of young people diagnosed with autism in the last 14 years has been staggering — from one in 152 in 2002 to an estimated one in 68 today. The number of young people diagnosed with autism in the last 14 years has risen from one in 152 in 2002 to an estimated one in 68 today. In college, things change.

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Schools in the poorest state become even poorer

The Hechinger Report

billion on elementary and secondary education. Nancy Loome, executive director and founder of the Parents’ Campaign, a nonprofit and grassroots education advocacy organization. The currency change happened in 2002. The last time schools were fully funded, in 2008, the state spent roughly $2.56 Schools stand to receive $2.4

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The 2018 Global Leadership Summit - March 23rd, 2018 in Boston

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Trained in both developmental psychology and education, Jackson is one of the nation’s leading experts on secondary school education reform and adolescent development. Find out how you can get involved with and utilize ASCD’s resources on Global Competencies for Educational Leaders.

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The 2019 Global Education Conference - Full List of 130 Sessions and 10 Keynotes!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

CCSSO is a nonpartisan, nationwide, nonprofit organization of public officials who head departments of elementary and secondary education in the states, the District of Columbia, the Department of Defense Education Activity, the Bureau of Indian Education and the five U.S. Messiah College | Chesla Ann Lenkaitis, Ph.D.,